Attaching Hyperlinks to Entities¶

The Hyperlink command attaches a hyperlink to an entity or modifies an existing hyperlink. Hyperlinks provide jumps to Web sites, email addresses, drawing files, or user-defined views in the current drawing.

To open the Hyperlink dialog box:

Click Insert > Hyperlink (or type Hyperlink).
Specify entities in the graphics area to which you want to apply hyperlinks, then press Enter.

The Hyperlink dialog box appears.

To create a hyperlink to an existing file or web page:

In the Hyperlink dialog box, click Existing File or Web Page.
For Text, type a description for the hyperlink. Use this if the link itself is not meaningful enough.
For Address, type the hyperlink.
- or, click -
- Current Folder to navigate to the file you to which you want to hyperlink. The drive or folder in Look In determines the content of the file list.
- Browsed Pages (lists recently browsed Web sites from your Internet browser), then select a page from the list.
- Recent Files (lists files recently used), then select a file from the list.
- Click to select a file in the Open dialog box.
- Click Target Frame to select a location in a drawing file to which to hyperlink.
- Click to open your standard web browser to search for web site addresses.
Click OK.

To create a hyperlink to a named view in the current drawing:

In the Hyperlink dialog box, click Place in This Drawing.
In Select a place in this drawing, select a user-defined view.
Click OK.

To create a hyperlink to an email address:

In the Hyperlink dialog box, click Email Address.
For Email address, type an address.

- or -

In List of recent email addresses, select an email address.
For Subject, type text to set a subject for the email.
Click OK.

When the hyperlink is invoked, your email software creates an email to the specified address.